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[–] vmaziman@lemm.ee 79 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Allowing jail time for movie piracy but none for institutional bank fraud or corporate tax dodging shows what a societies priorities are

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 31 points 3 months ago

Shows the priorities of power brokers, at least

[–] simpleguy@kbin.earth 2 points 3 months ago

30% Tax slab ?

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So they can do complex investigations, huh?

All those phone scammers that are operating in plain daylight... But the millions they're stealing aren't belonging to some rich and powerful asshole so they're ok

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably more like, scamming centers are mostly focused on foreigners (from Indian pov), so that's ok.

[–] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

They're literally bringing USD to their economy.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 months ago

Alternate headline

Indian police do a favor to their rich friend and arrest a random using their weakest tool, their brain.

[–] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago

that's dedication on rascalry